India / BJP challenges Rahul Gandhi to recite Mahamrityunjaya Mantra, Congress retaliates

Rahul Gandhi Mahakal Mandir: Rahul Gandhi, who set out on Bharat Jodo Yatra, will visit Mahakal in Ujjain today (November 29). Politics has intensified on Rahul Gandhi's philosophy of Mahakal and BJP has challenged Rahul Gandhi to recite the Mahamrityunjaya mantra, calling him an electoral Hindu. On this, the Congress hit back and said that the BJP is seeing its defeat in 2024 and Rahul's padyatra has shaken the BJP.

If Rahul Gandhi is a true Shiv Sevak then recite Mahamrityunjaya mantra: BJP

Describing Rahul Gandhi as an electoral Hindu, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that he has reached the door of Mahakal on electoral philosophy. BJP spokesperson Rajpal Singh Sisodia while reciting the Mahamrityunjaya mantra of Mahakal on camera said that if Rahul Gandhi is a true Shiv Sevak then he should recite the Mahamrityunjaya mantra of Mahakal.

BJP should not tell how to do bhakti: Congress

Furious with the objection of the BJP, the Congress said that like the BJP leaders, Rahul Gandhi is not going to conduct a photo session. He is a devotee of Mahakal and is going for Mahakal Darshan. BJP should not tell how Rahul Gandhi has to worship Mahakal. Congress spokesperson Mithun Ahirwar said that BJP is seeing its defeat in 2023, that is why Rahul Gandhi's padyatra is agitated.